Earl Ingram Jr.

Black History Facts:

• Death of Ezzard Charles (53,), former heavyweight
  Death of Ezzard Charles (53,), former heavyweight boxing champion, in Chicago.
• 27 may is the anniversary of the 1967 Referendum in which more than 90 percent o
  27 may is the anniversary of the 1967 Referendum in which more than 90 percent of Australians voted to give the Commonwealth the power to make laws for Aboriginal people and for Aboriginal people to be counted in the census.
• Aborigines to be counted in census
  Ninety per cent of white Australians voted in today's referendum for a proposal to count Aborigines in the census and to allow the federal government to make special laws for them. Until now their affairs have been administered solely by the states. The other proposal, to break the nexus between the Senate and the Hous...
• Ernest Green graduated from Little Rock's Central
  Ernest Green graduated from Little Rock's Central High School with six hundred white classmates.
• Actor Louis Gossett Jr. born
  Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. was born in Brooklyn, NY. Gossett won an Academy Award for his role in the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman."